nonevent
Example Sentences
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Many fine festivities will take place on and around July 4, but compared with the years-long nationwide celebration that marked this country’s 200th anniversary, 250 feels like a nonevent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Life is the nonevent, man,” he once told me.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
With so much disorganized majesty happening in the arrival portion of the ceremony, one might think that the actual swearing-in portion of the morning would be a nonevent in comparison.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
Men’s soccer at the Olympics, therefore, is all but a nonevent.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2021
Tucker Carlson, another trusted television personality, treated Mr. Barr’s ABC interview like a nonevent on his Fox News show Thursday night.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020